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Dave is correct as the simple and cost effective way, even though I have done hydroponics. Best to go from potting soil to soil or soilless mix. Perlite is good to use if you plan on planting in hydro or other hydro like inert medium such as perlite or coir. I'd add one thing, though, I prefer to put a tall dome on top for the first few days to keep the humidity up. I spray the dome to keep it moist inside to keep leaves from drying up. Make sure the soil is moist but not too wet or you'll get rotting issues. Leaves will start to turn yellow when they start to root. Soon you'll see new growth.
Drainage, drainage drainage. If you have really good drainage, you don't have to worry about selecting varieties that are resistant to cracking (or BER either). My preference is to deal with root causes (no pun intended), rather then having to select varieties based on a cultural problems.
let us know how well it goes and if I had to guess it will probably bounce back because it doesnt seem like you moved a very large plant. ANother option would be to remove the staking to let the cherry sprawl around on the ground instead of disturbing an established root system on a fruting plant. Reason being my growing season is already more than half over.
I picked 2 off one of my BW last weekend, saw another that wasp had laid eggs on so left it - the guy's still there today, and 2 little greenies got chewed. Big poopies - I don't know if there's another one on that plant, they're good at hiding. Don't see any signs on other plants (yet). Guess I gotta get a black light bulb for flashlight and go out at night.
Luke - those little white butterflies lay eggs that turn into little green inchworms that destroy cole crops - so check your cabbage, etc. if you have any planted.
Tomatoes don't have any problem with "damp" soil. Waterlogged water retentive soil is another thing. Just make sure the soil is not soggy, and maybe increase the fertilizer a little. Sometimes the liquid fertilizer will leach through the soil quickly. Try and shade them a little or do something to lower the temperature. Even though they are light in color, those rooftop tiles absorb a tremendous amount of heat and can cook the black containers.
I'm not an expert, so there may be some reason to go ahead and cut the stems off due to disease, etc. But most of the time I just tie the stem back up to where it was and it usually heals itself. Last week I had the same issue, and of maybe 10 I tied up, only one ended up wilting, so I cut that one off.
I like the hoops to make covering the plants easy for season extending. My raise bed is more like 8' wide, so it wouldn't really work for me, but I bet it is convenient when an early frost threatens, and I kinda of like how it looks, too. My garden is almost all tomatoes which are too tall anyway. Still, I really like how you used them, especially like the black ones, and I think it looks nice, too.
I've grown all three.
If you go to the link below you'll find that seeds are available for both Terhune as well as Earl's Faux and Tania herself sells seeds for both of them.
I just sent seeds of Terhune to the seed places this past spring where I know the owners well and have dealt with them for many years so expect to see Terhune at several new places for 2013.
Earl's Faux is not new and is already available at several places.
All three are PL and have large pink beefsteak fruits and as for me where I live and grow my tomatoes I give a nod to Terhune and note from the history at Tania's site, at least I think she said it, while several have suggested it might be Brandywine, even Tom, who found it can't say that.
And while the history for Earl's said he received it as Red Brandywine, it's clear that what he was sent was NOT RB.
When at Tania's main page, go down to where it says special links and search for both varieties using the alphabetical way, which is the easiest when a variety name is known.
Hope that helps.
Carolyn
Here is a link that might be useful: Tania's T Base, Terhune and Earl's Faux